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Miss GayleThe classes and webinars are free for Strong Towns members this year, and are very reasonable if you aren't a member and only like one or two of the offerings.There are 8 classes offered, which can be bought ad hoc, or get the whole set at a good discount.More Info and to Register: <a href="https://academy.strongtowns.org/p/local-motive-fall2025-roundtrip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://academy.strongtowns.org/p/local-motive-fall2025-roundtrip</a>?<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/StrongTowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StrongTowns</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Webinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Webinar</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resilience</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transportation</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transit</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Traffic</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zoning</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/InfillDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfillDevelopment</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activism</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parks</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FCC</a> is ditching <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broadband</a> deployment.Making it easier for the FCC to give the industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> FCC Chair Brendan Carr's proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100% deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, & abandon a new effort to track the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> of broadband.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalDivide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalDivide</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/fcc-to-eliminate-gigabit-speed-goal-and-scrap-analysis-of-broadband-prices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/fcc-to-eliminate-gigabit-speed-goal-and-scrap-analysis-of-broadband-prices/</a>

Miss GayleAre you sure you're telling us absolutely everything?Not exactly. We're also out of coffee.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!Link: <a href="https://sherwood.news/world/record-high-coffee-prices-poised-keep-rising-upcoming-brazil-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sherwood.news/world/record-high-coffee-prices-poised-keep-rising-upcoming-brazil-tariffs/</a>Clip from airplane: <a href="https://makeagif.com/i/ZTVxgl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makeagif.com/i/ZTVxgl</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coffee</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Food</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agriculture</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a>

René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one<a href="https://apnews.com/article/real-estate-investors-home-sales-affordability-housing-7aa2bc78c87bfb1f292fe4321fe658cb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/real-estate-investors-home-sales-affordability-housing-7aa2bc78c87bfb1f292fe4321fe658cb</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USnews</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealEstate</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a>

Alexander J. SteinIn <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23China" target="_blank">#China</a>, a diet that prioritizes <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23affordability" target="_blank">#affordability</a> & reduced <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23environment" target="_blank">#environment</a> impact (more natural vegetation & <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23biodiversity" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a>, less GHG <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23emissions" target="_blank">#emissions</a> & <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23freshwater" target="_blank">#freshwater</a> use) is the most affordable option—driven by a reduced intake of animal-based foods: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01560-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doi.org/10.1038/s418...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23plantbased" target="_blank">#plantbased</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23costeffective" target="_blank">#costeffective</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01560-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The multiple benefits of Chine...</a>

Nikolas KozloffIndeed what about the right to <a href="https://federated.press/tags/breathe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breathe</a>, which cuts across class lines and the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/HABITABILITY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HABITABILITY</a> crisis in <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barcelona</a> and <a href="https://federated.press/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> which does not get nearly as much political attention as the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> crisis <a href="https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-europe-france-spain-portugal-c6c9e6da7e02a77a0818c03ba976ecc8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-europe-france-spain-portugal-c6c9e6da7e02a77a0818c03ba976ecc8</a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a>

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ZohranMamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZohranMamdani</a> Delivers Stunning Blow to 'Billionaire-Backed Status Quo' in <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a>"The people of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkCity</a> proved that a movement powered by hope, courage, and working people can beat the money of billionaires," said one Mamdani supporter. from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CommonDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommonDreams</a> Jake Johnson Jun 25, 2025 "<a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> was a key focus of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Mamdani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mamdani</a>'s policy platform and messaging, with the <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> state assemblymember calling for an immediate rent freeze for all of the city's rent-stabilized tenants, the creation of a network of city-owned grocery stores focused not on profits but on "keeping prices low," and free childcare.Mamdani proposed funding those and other priorities with a higher tax rate on corporations and city residents earning more than $1 million per year—fueling the backlash his campaign faced from the ultra-wealthy."<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-mamdani-wins-primary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-mamdani-wins-primary</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Cuomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cuomo</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressive</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DemocraticSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticSocialist</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2192094/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2192094/</a> Transit and Housing Boost Appeal and Affordability, Says REMAX Canada, Spotlighting Emerging Neighbourhoods <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Canad%C3%A1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadá</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DowntownMarkham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DowntownMarkham</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreaterToronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreaterToronto</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreaterVancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreaterVancouver</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HousePrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousePrice</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopulationGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopulationGrowth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vancouver</a>

US<a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/6764/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/us/6764/</a> San Diego now ranked 9th most expensive city in United States <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ca</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CostOfLiving</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/expenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expenses</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/groceries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groceries</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HousingAffordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingAffordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HousingMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingMarket</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inflation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rent</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SanDiego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanDiego</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SanDiego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanDiego</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesofAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Bytes EuropeNorthWestern Energy’s rate case hearing moves to next stage <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1127121/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/1127121/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyBills</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MontanaCustomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MontanaCustomers</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthWesternEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthWesternEnergy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicServiceCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicServiceCommission</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RateIncrease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RateIncrease</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reliability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reliability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UtilitySystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UtilitySystems</a>

Miss Gayle"Every city department, from planning to finance and even public works, has a role to play in improving the system. These departments are filled with staff who are most familiar with the current system and can help address places where it is broken. This reform can occur from the bottom up with the resources our cities have today. When that happens, we'll do more than address housing affordability."Link: <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/6/19/housing-is-not-a-numbers-problemits-a-systems-problem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/6/19/housing-is-not-a-numbers-problemits-a-systems-problem</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a>

Miss Gayle"Who asked for this? Who voted for this? Who will resist?"Have fun paying for muskrat and google and bezo's energy and water usage. You know they're not going to. And if there's not enough water for you and them? Guess who is going without! I'll give you a hint - it's not them.<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electricity</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Utilities</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Water</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2130390/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2130390/</a> Podcast: Tariff uncertainty continues to define auto, powersports markets  <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AutoTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutoTariffs</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markets</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/powersports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powersports</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeeklyWrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeeklyWrap</a>

Miss Gayle"I feel bombarded by articles on the U.S. housing crisis, which inevitably display suburban tract homes sprawling across the landscape or promote skyscraper apartments instead. I look at these patterns on the landscape and think, “What an utter waste.” We are doubling down on a way of life that has no possible good future."Article: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-05-27/growing-the-shire-not-the-burb-facing-the-housing-crisis-with-ecological-sanity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-05-27/growing-the-shire-not-the-burb-facing-the-housing-crisis-with-ecological-sanity/</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PolyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PolyCrisis</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resilience</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodSecurity</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Localization</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2096022/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2096022/</a> Gov. Bob Ferguson signs $9 billion in new taxes, admitting concerns over the impact <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economic</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#families</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ferguson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ferguson</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Governor</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USTopics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USANews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#washington</a>

Miss GayleIn other words, first time buyers now are generally older than people already trading up to a better home back in 1980.Link: <a href="https://sherwood.news/personal-finance/americas-homes-and-the-people-who-buy-them-are-getting-older/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sherwood.news/personal-finance/americas-homes-and-the-people-who-buy-them-are-getting-older/</a>Not discussed in this article: Institutional and Investment buyers pushing up the costs above levels that real people can afford. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a>

Miss GayleAbsolutely.If you aren't paying your employees living wages, you're nothing but a plantation owner in drag who is cosplaying "business owner" because you're incompetent and/or greedy. You are a sh!t person.People have a basic human right to living wages for each hour of their life that they have to give to your business. They can't get that hour back, and you don't deserve it.You don't deserve to live off of other people's work.<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/LivingWages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LivingWages</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wages</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a>

A Guy Named Brian (he/him)“Just building more by eliminating regulations is not the silver bullet. ‘Abundance’ without an eye for who the abundance serves runs the risk of exacerbating the problem at the core of our economic challenges—the hoarding of power and wealth by the people that already have a lot of, well, abundance.”<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharedProsperity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SharedProsperity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfrastructurePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfrastructurePolicy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transportation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateResilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateResilience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedliningLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedliningLegacy</a> <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/shared-prosperity-not-abundance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/shared-prosperity-not-abundance</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/TaxtheWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxtheWealthy</a>. Especially if a bunch of them are not only OK with it but are actively ASKING for it to be done!“”Are we going to recognize that massive growing runaway wealth inequality is a danger to democracy?" Trottier said.”<a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/wealthgap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealthgap</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#affordability</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/patriotic-millionaires-canada-taxes-1.7530936" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/patriotic-millionaires-canada-taxes-1.7530936</a>

Miss GayleA lot of planning and zoning offices across the US apparently think it's still 1995, and that snout houses and mcmansions are or should be the norm to build.That is a very outdated and short-sighted philosophy. They're trying to preserve an aesthetic that was frankly ugly to start with, and not what people or the communities actually need. It's time to create realistic norms & affordable housing.Link: <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/8/what-one-first-time-developer-can-teach-us-about-housing-solutions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/8/what-one-first-time-developer-can-teach-us-about-housing-solutions</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Affordability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a>

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